HIST 151 Lecture Notes - Ottoman Empire, Gunpowder Empires, Turkish Language
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Ottoman empire :- is the relevant rolling structure for the arab middle east (for much of middle east) during the 90th century and before. And this is derived from the name of the finder of this densely (a follow called osman). Osman led a force of men no meds (which known as ghazis or warriors) The term itself ghazi has its origin: in the term of holy war gaza . The ottoman expansion (the ottoman conquest) start motivated by this holy war . The desire of muslims to concur non-muslim lands. Or in the terms of the day to expand what was cold the the dar al. Islam which meant to point to the world of islamic states at the expense of what was cold the the dar al harb which means the house of war (where people where refuse to convert to islam). There is a tendency among: western travellers, western scholars, western absolvers.